What's the MOST FUN Thing to Do on Your Tractor?

[Xfaxman]

Are these business tools or do you just have some spensive toys?
If toys, I am impressed!

I retired in 2001, we lived on 80 acres, had some horses and boarded some more. Don't know if they are toys, but they sure are fun to use!
In September 2009 I bought a used V518, to clean out our 30 year old 2 acre pond. The silt was 5' deep in the middle, the plan was to dump the silt on the backside of the dam.



The silt pile.



The bucket held 1.25 cubic yards, and I soon spent more time driving than digging and dumping.
Found the dumper on eBay and it sped up things considerably!




After I sold the V518,


I found this Demo with 44 hours, at a Bobcat dealer in Kansas.


It was delivered on 9-29-2010. And finished cleaning out the pond.

 

[lilranch2001]

I would be interested in hearing how you kept the pond so dry while you cleaned it
Also some pics of it after it filled again

Where did all the silt come from? That seems like a bunch of silt!

 

[Xfaxman]

I would be interested in hearing how you kept the pond so dry while you cleaned it. Before they built the dam in 1971, they laid a 4" steel pipe in the creek, with a valve on the north end, an elbow and vertical pipe with slots cut in it at the south end.

Also some pics of it after it filled again. It filled after every rain! That is why it took two years to clean it out!

Where did all the silt come from? 958 acres of farm land to the south. That seems like a bunch of silt! It took 38 years to get 5' deep.

The 4" pipe.


There was no big overflow pipe, just a spillway. A one inch rain would raise the water level two feet. You can see the higher level rushing in from the creek in the last picture.


I removed the valve from the north end of the 4" pipe that is under the dam.


And cut off the pipe in the pond.


Then I started removing silt, since the water could drain out after a rain.

 

[NoTrespassing]

Plowing, digging, loading and moving objects or materials, doing repairs, doing modifications, going for a joy ride... what's YOUR #1 most fun thing to do on your tractor?

Tell us!

I pulled my wife and 21 month old son all around the property on a sled last weekend. They both had a blast! That might be the most fun we've had with the tractor yet! lol

Kevin

 

[Knifer]

I love ripping down trees with the back hoe

love the crunch

 

[lostcreekranch]

Pushing down dead trees and taking them to burn piles.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Pushing down dead trees and taking them to burn piles.

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[chad22]

Now that I have the loader on my lawn tractor I love finding things to move around with it. I was out playing with it the other day just finding things to pick up with it and move around. Even if it's something I could easily move by hand or even if I didn't really need to move it.

It was just fun to do. Then my starter went out and now it's just sitting out there until the new starter arrives. Once the starter arrives sometime this week I'll be on it again finding other things to move around with it. :thumbsup:

Once it warms up again I'm gonna paint the loader and tractor. I figured I'd paint her fire red. I picked up some cans of fire red spray paint yesterday.

Chad

 

[dkf1998]

I'm not sure if it is my favorite thing, but I had a lot of fun cleaning up the snow in my yard today. It was about 20 degrees, sunny and just a nice day to be outside.

 

[lilranch2001]

I am hoping for a decent day tomorrow to do the same thing
900 foot of drifted over driveway, the GMC fought hard getting to the barn tonight